Barber defends using taxpayer money for protest

Victorian Greens MP Greg Barber is defending the use of taxpayer money to help promote a protest at Hazelwood Power Station.

Mr Barber's office produced promotional flyers for the protest by the Switch Off Hazelwood Collective.

The protest is scheduled for October.

Victorian Premier John Brumby announced in July the Government intends to achieve the closure of two generating units at Hazelwood by 2014.

Mr Barber says past protest action has influenced Government policy.

"We had a protest like this last year, since then the Government itself has agreed that we need to phase out and eventually close Hazelwood and so in that way you'd say that protest was very successful," he said.